David C. Kendrick, MD, MPH, FACP is the Founder and CEO of MyHealth Access Network, Oklahoma’s non-profit health information network, which ensures that every Oklahoman’s complete health record is securely available where and when they need it for care and health decision-making. MyHealth serves more than 3 million patients and is focused on improving health in Oklahoma and beyond by implementing a community-wide infrastructure for healthcare IT. MyHealth was one of ONC's Beacon Communities and continues to serve as the Convener and Data Aggregator for Oklahoma's Comprehensive Primary Care initiative, which has shown significant quality improvement each year and more than $100M in savings. MyHealth is focused on providing advanced health information exchange, community-wide care coordination tools, and a robust decision support platform to support providers and patients in improving health.
Dr. Kendrick is a member of the Board of Directors for the following organizations: National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)-Chair-elect; Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC); The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI); Advisory Board to the Sequoia Project; and convening faculty for the Comprehensive Primary Care program (CPC). Dr. Kendrick proposed the Patient Centered Data Home™ model of nationwide interoperability which enables secure patient record exchange among states and regions where individuals receive care. Dr. Kendrick also served as Senior Counsel for Interoperability to the National Coordinator for Health IT and continues to work closely with the Office of ONC.
As a board certified internist and clinical informaticist, Dr. Kendrick chairs the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Community Medicine, and serves the OU Health Sciences Center as the Assistant Provost for Strategic Planning. Previously, Dr. Kendrick was medical director at Archimedes, a California-based start-up utilizing advanced mathematics and modeling methods to simulate human disease, treatment, and costs to enable better decisions on care, costs, and policy.